Portable transaction terminal for optical and key entry of data without keyboards and manually actuated scanners
First Claim
1. A portable transaction terminal which does not require manual keyboard or code reader actuation, said terminal comprising a hand receiving glove, said glove having areas movable with movements of hand positions, including the fingers thereof, means in said positions for providing signals and response to different ones of said movements and sequences of signals corresponding to sequences of said movements, each movement corresponding to different data and an enter command, an optical code reader mounted on said glove, and means responsive to said signals and sequences thereof for actuating said reader and entering different digits as transaction data in response to said signals and sequences of signals.
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Abstract
To increase the efficiency of personnel conducting inventory management operations, including data entry of products and information as to their absence, presence or location, the operator is provided with a glove having finger sheaths and a portion for the posterior or dorsal surface of the hand which covers that surface. A bar code reader is located in a housing on the cover and flexural strain gauge elements are located in the sheaths in the vicinity of the joints of the fingers. Signals from these elements are digitized and provide for manual data entry and also for commands to operate the bar code reader. The glove and the sensors constitute a portable transaction or data entry terminal which does not require manual actuation of a trigger to operate the bar code scanner or a keyboard for manual entry of data concerning the products to be managed. Electronics for processing signals from the sensors, for operating a display to indicate the data entered upon selective movement of the fingers between flexion and extension and from the bar code reading operations, are all contained in a housing which also contains the bar code reader.
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- 1. A portable transaction terminal which does not require manual keyboard or code reader actuation, said terminal comprising a hand receiving glove, said glove having areas movable with movements of hand positions, including the fingers thereof, means in said positions for providing signals and response to different ones of said movements and sequences of signals corresponding to sequences of said movements, each movement corresponding to different data and an enter command, an optical code reader mounted on said glove, and means responsive to said signals and sequences thereof for actuating said reader and entering different digits as transaction data in response to said signals and sequences of signals.
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